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A collection of short stories from celebrated author William Trevor in which he shines a light on the day-to-day life of Ireland and its citizens. William Trevor's Last Stories is forthcoming from Viking.

From his debut collection, “The Day We Got Drunk on Cake,” published in 1968, to “Family Sins” (1990), William Trevor has crafted the short story to perfection, giving us brilliant and subtle stories full of the reversals, surprises, and shadowy truths we discover in life itself. To read this volume is not just to encounter an extraordinary literary stylist, but to understand life as surely as though we were looking through the eyes of his protagonists and—deeper still—into their hearts.

William Trevor: The Collected Stories includes the tales from his seven previous books, as well as four stories that have never appeared in book form in America. They depict the comforts and frustrations of life in rural Ireland, the complexities of family relationships, and the elusive grace of love. They portray the almost invisible strands that bind people to each other as well as the chains that imprison them in solitary yearning.

Editorial Reviews

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“Extraordinary . . . Mr. Trevor’s sheer intensity of entry into the lives of his people . . . proceeds to uncover new layers of yearning and pain, new angles of vision and credible thought.”—The New York Times Book Review

“One of the finest writers now at work in our language . . . No writer practicing the form today moves with nimbler assurances than Trevor across such an impressive gamut of social types and emotional connections.”—The Boston Globe

“A textbook for anyone who ever wanted to write a story, and a treasure for anyone who loves to read them.”—Madision Smartt Bell, USA Today

“The range of characters that Trevor manages to bring onstage is little short of astonishing. . . . A remarkable record of the distinctive imprint that Trevor has left on what is arguably this century’s quintessential art form.”—New York Newsday

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William Trevor is an absolutely fine writer of short stories. In my opinion he is the best contemporary writer of the short story. He has a wonderful understanding of the psychology of interpersonal relationships and no trivial or momentous concern escapes his notice. I am currently reading him every night before going to sleep and I'm always pleasured.

William Trevor gives the reader a wonderful sense of what it is to be Irish------------both in the present and in the turbulent past!The common man lives, then dies but does not do either without angst and fear! The choices one makes must be reconciled with the life that is led! William Trevor makes each of us consider the choices made and often thank God that we were not positioned in life to make the choices his characters were challenged to make!